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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-4

No drilling or underground work may be carried out within the protection perimeter of a natural mineral water spring declared to be of public interest, without prior authorisation issued by the State…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-5

The works, activities, deposits or installations mentioned in article L. 1322-4 and undertaken, either by virtue of a regular authorisation, or after a prior declaration, may, at the request of the ow…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter I: Drinking water.

Article L1321-6

The persons responsible for water production are public or private persons.The persons responsible for water distribution are the public persons provided for in the first paragraph of article L. 2224-…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-1

I. - Without prejudice to the provisions of article…

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French Public Health CodeIn force
Chapter II: Natural mineral waters.

Article L1322-8

Within the protection perimeter, the owner of a spring declared to be in the public interest has the right to carry out on another person's land, with the exception of dwellings and adjoining yards, a…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter I: Contracts comprising severable services

Article L1321-1

Where a purchaser decides to enter into a single contract even though the contract relates to objectively separable services which are subject, on the one hand, to the ordinary law governing contracts…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter III: Contracts involving defence or security services

Article L1323-1

The purchaser or the awarding authority may choose to apply Book III of Part Two relating to defence or security contracts or the ordinary law on concession contracts set out in Book I of Part Three t…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracts comprising inseparable services

Article L1322-1

Where a purchaser concludes a single contract relating to objectively indissociable services which are subject, on the one hand, to the ordinary law of contracts provided for in Book I of Part Two or…

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French Public procurement codeIn force
Chapter II: Contracts comprising inseparable services

Article L1322-2

When a conceding authority concludes a single contract relating to objectively indissociable services which are covered both by the ordinary law of contracts provided for in Book I of Part Two or Book…

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French Labour CodeIn force
Chapter I: Content and conditions of validity.

Article L1321-2-1

The internal regulations may contain provisions enshrining the principle of neutrality and restricting the expression of employees' beliefs if these restrictions are justified by the exercise of other…

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